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The LNER Thompson Class L1 2-6-4T steam locomotives began with prototype No. 9000 in 1945 as part of Thompson’s ‘Standardisation Programme’, painted in an apple-green livery. The North British Locomotive Company constructed No. 67735, which entered service on 5th November 1948 in a BR Black livery.

The locomotive featured a Westinghouse air brake pump on the right-hand side of the smokebox, with a vacuum ejector for alternative train braking. In August 1950, a tank leak was repaired in Stratford, which was a common issue. 67735 was condemned on 16th September 1962 and was cut up at Doncaster Works on 15th November 1962.

Our replica of the standardised Thompson L1 Class ‘67735’ locomotive is complete with a sophisticated BR black livery. This model is DCC-ready and is compatible with our HM7000 8-Pin decoder. The accessory bag contains a hook coupling, a bar coupling, an articulated small coupler assembly, two vacpipes, a tall L1 rear vac pipe, two L1 front steps, two L1 cylinder draincocks, a tall L1 front vac pipe and an L1 pull rod.

Specifications

• Item Length - Without Packaging (cm): 29
• Item Height - Without Packaging (cm): 5
• Item Width - Without Packaging (cm): 3.5
• Item Weight - Without Packaging: 0.42
• Item Scale: 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
• Finish: Painted
• Colour: Black
• Gauge: OO
• DCC Status: DCC Ready 8 pin socket
• Operator: BR
• Designer: Edward Thompson
• Wheel Configuration: 2-6-4T
• Livery: BR Black
• Minimum Curve (mm): Radius 2
• Motor: 5 Pole Skew wound
• Number of Parts: 1
• Class: Thompson L1 Class
• Buffer Type: Metal Sprung Buffers
• Coupling Type: NEM Couplings
• Hornby Decoder Compatibility Primary: HM7000-8TXS: Bluetooth® & DCC Sound Decoder (8-pin)

While the A1 was a fantastic locomotive that served its purpose as intended, it became clear reasonably quickly that some modifications could be made that would greatly improve its performance. These modifications however were too significant to avoid reclassifying the locomotives and as such the A1 Felstead 2743 was the first to be withdrawn from service only a handful of years after it was introduced, emerging from its shed in August 1928 as the first A3 ‘Super Pacific.’

The newly designated A3 locomotives had an improved boiler, larger cylinders and a conversion from right to left hand drive. 27 of the class were built as A3 locomotives from the get go, with all of the in service A1 examples being converted before 1950, the last such example to undergo this transformation was the then BR numbered 60068 Sir Visto.

Night Hawk first entered LNER service on the fairly pleasing 24th October 1924 as locomotive number 2577 as an A1 locomotive. Rebuilt in January 1944 to an A3, the locomotive would go in to be numbered 78, and then 60078 under BR. Night Hawk would go on to be withdrawn on the 22nd October 1962, almost making it a nice round 38 years in service, before being scrapped at Doncaster in 1963.

Specifications

• Item Length - Without Packaging (cm): 19.1
• Item Height - Without Packaging (cm): 3.7
• Item Width - Without Packaging (cm): 2.5
• Item Weight - Without Packaging: 0.15
• Item Scale: 1:120 Scale
• Finish: Painted
• Colour: Green
• Gauge: TT
• DCC Status: Next 18 Socket (NEM 662)
• Operator: BR
• Designer: Sir Nigel Gresley
• Wheel Configuration: 4-6-2
• Livery: BR Green
• Minimum Curve (mm): Radius 2
• Motor: 3 Pole
• Number of Parts: 1
• Class: Class A3

This model will feature directional and cab lighting. Night and day headlights will also be included.

All variants of the Class 66 lighting have been tooled for both UK and European variants. The headlights will be prototypical for your model.

All the Class 66 models have 12 axles for the current pick-up and both bogies are motor-driven. The UK variants of the Class 66 will not be fitted with traction tyres, but tyred wheelsets are available as accessories.

European variants will be fitted with one traction tyre per bogie ex-works.

History

The Class 66 is one of the most ubiquitous diesel classes in the UK. 480 examples were built for the UK market with additional examples being imported from other countries pools to bolster the amount in service in the UK. The Class 66 is a progression of the privately commissioned Class 59 that Foster Yeoman had constructed to replace their aging and failing BREL locomotives. The Class 66 shares the same body as the 59 but has uprated internals.

In May 1996 EWS placed an order for 250 units to be built in London, Ontario. These would set EWS back £375 million, with the first units arriving relatively quickly in early 1998. The locomotives would be in service from the point they touched down at Newport Docks, with the locomotives shipped already filled with water and fuel. The last such example arrived in the UK in spring 2016.

Delivered into Newport Docks on board the MV Stellanova in April 2004, 66850 first went into service with Freightliner, before being transferred to operations with Colas in June 2011. In August 2013, 66850 was named 'David Maidment OBE' at the National Track Plant Exhibition at Long Marston, in a naming ceremony honouring the founder of the 'Railway Children' charity.

Railway Children was founded in 1996, following Maidment's encounter with a young girl begging on a railway station in India and he has since dedicated his life to raising awareness of the plight of children living alone and at risk on the streets and railway platforms.

Specification

• Item Length - Without Packaging (cm): 17.4
• Item Height - Without Packaging (cm): 3.3
• Item Width - Without Packaging (cm): 2.3
• Item Weight - Without Packaging: 0.18
• Item Scale: 1:120 Scale
• Finish: Painted
• Colour: Orange
• Gauge: TT
• DCC Status: Next 18 Socket (NEM 662)
• Operator: Colas Rail
• Designer: Electro-Motive Diesel
• Wheel Configuration: Co-Co
• Livery: Colas Orange, Yellow and Black
• Minimum Curve (mm): Radius 2
• Motor: 5 Pole
• Number of Parts: 1
• Class: Class 66
  
  

The EF510-0 series is an AC/DC electric locomotive that was introduced in 2002 to replace the EF81 series and began operation in 2004. It was nicknamed "ECO-POWER Red Thunder" due to its red-based body paint, and the logo is placed on the body. It is mainly used on the Nihonkai Jukan Line, where the EF81 series was previously used, but in recent years it has been used on the Chuo-Nishi Line and the Tokaido-Sanyo Main Line up to Okayama, and its range of use has expanded. After the introduction of the passenger-use 500 series, the 21st locomotive and later, changes were made to the appearance, such as changing the position of the signal flare to directly above the assistant driver's side in the cab, as with the 500 series.

Features

• Newly produced reproductions of No. 21 to No. 23 of the EF510-0 series
• Headlights are equipped with a constant-on board
• Headlights are lit by incandescent LEDs
• Front handrail (vertical) comes as a separate part
• JRF mark, "REDTHUNDER" logo, and JR FREIGHT mark printed
• Number plate comes as a separate part "EF510-21, 22, 23"
• Signal flare and whistle come as separate parts
• Dummy coupler and self-coupled TN coupler included
• Uses power with flywheel
• Uses gray bogie frame and silver wheels
• Uses M-13 motor

Contents

Vehicles

• EF510-0 (additional model)

Accessories

• Runner parts: Number plate (for front)
• Runner parts: Number plate (for side)
• Runner parts: Handrail
• Runner parts: Whistle
• Parts: Signal flare
• Parts: Automatic TN coupler
• Parts: Automatic dummy coupler
• Runner parts: Dummy coupler base

No. 70001 ‘Lord Hurcomb’ was constructed at Crewe Works in February 1951 and bore the name of Cyril Hurcomb who oversaw the Ministry of War Transport. It was constructed to Order No. E479/220 and completed on 14th February that year.

From Stratford shed, 70001 hauled passenger express trains on the Great Eastern Railway such as ‘The Norfolkman’. For over twelve years, the locomotive was in service on the GE section. In 1954, the total mileage was 78,600.

The locomotive was withdrawn from service on 3rd September 1966 and stored at Carlisle Kingmoor Shed (12A) until the end of the year. In January 1967, 70001 was cut up at Motherwell Machinery and Scrap Co in Wishaw, Scotland.

A vibrant BR green livery is applied to this classic Britannia locomotive, No. 70001, and its coupled tender. The ‘Lord Hurcomb’ nameplate adorns the smoke deflectors, and the model also includes handrails. This model is DCC-ready and is compatible with our HM7000 21-Pin decoder. The accessory bag contains a flanged wheel axle assembly and an instruction leaflet.

Includes

• 1x Locomotive Steam

Technical Specifications

Ixion Models HO A944 VR A2 Class 4-6-0 Steam Locomotive Boxpok Coal Tender Bar Cowcatcher DCC Fitted

Please note that some corrections may have been made to these samples, and the raw zinc alloy parts in the photos (wheels, buffers, motion) are black nickel-plated on the production models.

Features

• Smooth-running, powerful motor with flywheel and 40:1 gearbox
  
• Exceptional level of detail with crisp pad-printed loco numbers
  
• New push-to-click loco-tender coupling
  
• Directional lighting
  
• Speaker installed in tender of all models
  
• Zimo MS581N18 Next18-plug sound decoder with authentic A2 sound file in all DCC sound versions
  
• Genuine Kadee #148 scale couplers
  
• Sprung buffers
  
• Smokebox painted matt black, satin black applied to rest of loco
  
• Walschaerts valve gear
  
• Loco and tender joined in the box
  
• And, in a World’s First, a full-colour 3D-scanned and colour 3D-printed loco crew is included with each loco in the accessories pack, produced exclusively for Ixion by West Edge 3D.

Specifications

• Driving wheels: Boxpok
  
• Tender: Coal
• DCC Fitted